How to use CapCheck in CapCheck Guide

CapCheck is a tool that allows you to compare the capabilities of binaries within your ROM log with a list of expected capabilities, called an Expected Capability List. This is to make sure that the applications within your ROM image have the correct access rights.

The Expected Capability list is a text file listing the capabilities you expect to find in your ROM log file. This can be created manually or, as a starting point, by using the standard output from CapSearch without specifying any capabilities. To be useful, this seeded list must then be modified appropriately to include expected capabilities only. All the capabilities are listed in hexadecimal format.

All the permissible capabilities are defined in a Symbian Capability List, which is a file called e32capability.h, located in <EPOCROOT>\epoc32\include.

To use the CapCheck tool, you need to define the name and location of the ROM log file, the file listing the expected capabilities, and the name and location of the Symbian Capability list.

The results are displayed in a report, in HTML format.

The command line syntax to be used for CapCheck is shown below.

>CapCheck.pl -r <rom_log_file> -e <expected_capability_list> -s <Symbian_capability_list> [-R <HTML_report>]

Mandatory arguments are -r, -e and -s.

The following arguments are used.

`-r <rom_log_file>`	The name and location of the ROM log file to be checked, in relation to the directory where the tool is run from, for example `.\input\rom.log`. This is mandatory.
`-e <expected_capability_list>`	The name of the file listing the capabilities you expect to find in the ROM. This file is a text file created by you, either manually, or by using `CapSearch`. This flag is mandatory.
`-s <Symbian_capability_list>`	The name of the Symbian Capability List, listing all the capabilities available to search, and their corresponding values (`<EPOCROOT>\epoc32\include\e32capability.h`.
`-R <HTML_report>`	Defines the name of the HTML report to be generated in the working directory. If not specified, the default name is `CapCheckReport.html`. This is optional.
`-h`	Displays help information (optional).

A full example of how to use the CapSearch tool is shown below:

>CapCheck.pl -r .\input\rom.log -e MyExpectedCapabilityList.txt -s e32capability.h -R results.html

How to use `CapCheck`

Command line syntax

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